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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Telecommunications giants Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) and Globe signed a much-anticipated agreement that will lower the interconnection fee or the payment made by callers between the two networks. From Php 4.00 per minute, the interconnection fee will be lowered to Php 2.00 per minute. It is expected that the lower rates will be felt by January 2017. https://youtu.be/SDsvie4K9jc
QUEON CITY (Eagle News) – Isinusulong ni Tarlac 2nd District Representative Victor Yap sa Mababang Kapulungan ang pag-amyenda sa batas na nagpapataw ng multa o parusa sa mga TELCOS na lumalabag sa Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessities (CPCN) na ini-issue ng National Telecommunications Commission ( NTC). Ayon sa lumang Commonwealth Act (CA) 146 o mas kilala sa tawag na Public Service Law na unang ipinatupad pa noong 1936, nagkakahalaga lamang ng P200 hanggang P25,000 kada araw […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Incoming President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to open the doors to foreign telecommunication companies if their local counterparts do not provide better and cheaper internet services. Duterte said that creating competition will force the local telcos to improve their services and to lower their charges. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines — All vice-presidential candidates are in favor of holding telephone companies accountable for the very slow internet connection in the country. In the latest vice-presidential debate aired over CNN Philippines, the candidates all answered “yes” when asked if the telcos should be put to task for the country’s slow internet speed. Many of the candidates stated that local telephone companies should not have the monopoly of the industry. (Eagle News Service Described by […]
MANILA, Philippines – According to SMARTMATIC, 85% of the polling precincts will make use of three SIM cads given by major telecommunication companies in order to transmit votes during the 2016 election. SMARTMATIC added that it was the Commission on Elections that made said decision due to the limited budget as well as the prohibitive cost of satellite transmissions. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith […]
Senator Bam Aquino is asking the Department of Justice and the Department of Trade and Industry to investigate the allegedly false advertisements of telecommunication companies offering unlimited internet access. In the Senate Committee on Trade, Commerce and Entrepreneurship hearing, the senator said that many consumers were dismayed by the false advertising. On the other hand, a telecommunication company said that it will promptly revise its ads, indicating the limits of said internet promo.
MANILA, Aug. 22 (PNA) — The Court of Appeals (CA) has stopped the implementation of an order by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) directing the telecommunications companies (telcos) to refund to their subscribers the excess collection from text messages or the short message service (SMS). The CA’s Sixth Division has issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) as prayed for in the petition filed by the Digitel Philippines Incorporated (Digitel). In a four-page resolution dated Aug. […]
